A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
In this March 27, 2019, photo, a female ISIS operative walks with her son at Camp Roj in north Syria. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) A young Maldivian woman of 23 years of age who rose the ranks of the terrorist organization, ISIS, to become a senior fighter is currently jailed in a detention facility along with […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Vfp.mv website on 18th January 2018. The following is a loose translation: The National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) was established in 2016 by President Abdulla Yameen to prevent extremist ideology. The centre’s main objective is to counter terrorism and violent extremism in the Maldives and in the international […]
There is no threat of a terror attack on tourists visiting the Maldives, the tourism minister has said, after the United States cautioned its citizens over travelling to the popular holiday destination. Moosa Zameer told Mihaaru the Maldives regarded the safety of tourists with the utmost importance, adding there was no information to indicate a […]
The United States has cautioned its citizens over travelling to the Maldives amid concerns of possible terror attacks. “Terrorist groups may conduct attacks with little or no warning, targeting tourist locations, transportation hubs, markets/shopping malls and local government facilities. Attacks may occur on remote islands which could lengthen the response time,” warned the US State […]
The Maldives is among the countries where terrorists are ‘very likely’ to carry out a terrorist attack this holiday season, says the British Foreign Office. The British media has warned Brits to be vigilant while visiting the countries to which the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has issued travel advisories. Popular destinations currently labelled as being […]
TEHRAN (FNA)- A number of terrorists of Al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham Hay’at or the Levant Liberation Board), including a Maldivian commander, were killed in the Syrian Army attacks in Southwestern Damascus, social media activists said on Monday. The activists said that a number of Al-Nusra members were killed in heavy fighting with the army men […]
Insurgents in Syria — A Maldivian jihadist has been killed whilst fighting in the ongoing civil war in Syria, a source confirmed to Mihaaru on Sunday. Reportedly the 25-year-old departed to Syria earlier this year. He was a native of Naivaidhoo in Haa Dhaal atoll, and resided in Hulhumale before he left. The source told […]
Entrance to the High Court of the Maldives. PHOTO/MIHAARU The High Court on Wednesday upheld the 16-year jail sentence issued by the Juvenile Court on one of the perpetrators behind Ahmed Nizar’s murder in July 2013. Nizar was riding a motorcycle when he was attacked by a gang wielding wooden and metal sticks in Laamu […]
Police officers stand guard during an operation. FILE PHOTO/MIHAARU Mihaaru has found out that the police have arrested and are investigating two individuals accused of creating an improvised explosive device (IED), one of whom is a leader of a gang in capital Male. The two men are also accused of having connections with foreign terror […]